Ballot 109 – Create SSL Performance Working Group(passed)

Ballot overview

• Ballot 109 creates the SSL Performance Working Group.
• The ballot passed with seventeen votes in favor, no abstentions, and none opposed.
• The motion states that the CAB Forum shall create a Working Group known as the SSL Performance Working Group.

Scope and deliverables

• The Working Group is to consider matters affecting software deployments that use SSL and the Web PKI.
• Examples listed include certificate contents, proposed ciphers, webserver configuration, and OCSP configuration.
• The Working Group is expected to produce one or more documents with best practice guidance for getting the best performance from an SSL deployment using the Web PKI while maintaining acceptable security.
• The documentation is expected to be submitted to the Forum for publication as non-binding Forum document(s).

Expiration

• The motion states that the Working Group expires twenty-seven months from the passing of the resolution unless extended by a further ballot.

Voting period

• Voting starts at 2200 UTC on Monday, October 21, 2013.
• The voting period closes at 2200 UTC on Monday, October 28, 2013.
• During the voting period, if the ballot is modified for reasons other than minor typographical corrections, it is deemed withdrawn.